 | John Fox - 1871 - 380 Seiten
...to a woman, is not to be avoided by the "( if she did give it.)" * " Sir, he " (Lord Bolingbroke) " was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for charging...against religion and morality; a coward because he had no resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger... | |
 | 1871 - 380 Seiten
...to a woman, is not to be avoided by the "( if she did give it.)" * " Sir, he " (Lord Bolingbroke) " was a scoundrel and a coward ; a scoundrel for charging...against religion and morality; a coward because he had no resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 Seiten
...be published posthumously, Dr. Johnson said: " Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward : a sruundrel, for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not the resolution to fire it off himself, but left balf a crown to u beggarly Scotchman to draw Ibo trigger... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 Seiten
...Bolingbroke in 1753-4, and it was in reference to this edition that Dr. Johnson said of Bolingbroke, " He was a scoundrel and a coward, a scoundrel for charging...had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death." The personal magnetism of... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 454 Seiten
...Bolingbroke in 1753-4, and it was in reference to this edition that Dr. Johnson said of Bolingbroke, " He was a scoundrel and a coward, a scoundrel for charging...had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death." The personal magnetism of... | |
 | Arthur Hassall - 1889 - 272 Seiten
...Johnson accused him of cowardice with reference to the publications of his philosophical speculations. "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel, for charging a blunderbuss n gainst religion and morality; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 Seiten
...with a just indignalion, and pronounced this memorable sentence upon the noble author and his editor: "Sir, he was a scoundrel and a coward : a scoundrel...beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death ! Garrick, who, I can attest from my own knowledge, had his mind seasoned with pious reverence, and... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1891 - 296 Seiten
...left this work in his will to David Mallet to publish, which provoked Johnson's rough saying : — ' Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel,...had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death ! ' — Boswell's Life of... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 Seiten
...Bolingbroke in 1753-4, and it was in reference to this edition that Dr. Johnson said of Bolingbroke, " He was a scoundrel and a coward, a scoundrel for charging...had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death." The personal magnetism of... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 462 Seiten
...Bolingbroke in 1753-4, and it was in reference to this edition that Dr. Johnson said of Bolingbroke, " He was a scoundrel and a coward, a scoundrel for charging...had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death." The personal magnetism of... | |
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Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his... 
